一点 + 也 / 都 + 不 (not at all) · 主语 + 一点 + 也 / 都 + 不 + 形容词
An emphatic denial differs from a small amount
- You deny being tired at all.
- 我一点都不累。 — 一点都不 makes the negative emphatic: not tired in the slightest.
An emphatic denial differs from a small amount
- You deny being tired at all.
- I / me我a bit一点all / both都不累。 — a bit一点all / both都not不 makes the negative emphatic: not tired in the slightest.
You deny being tired at all. What does 我一点都不累。 communicate?
一点都不 makes the negative emphatic: not tired in the slightest. 一点也不累 can express the same denial. The sentence is still a speaker's claim, which may involve exaggeration rather than measurement.
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is 一点 + 也 / 都 + 不 (not at all). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我a bit一点even都not不tired累。
Build the form
- The pattern in this lesson is a bit一点 + also也 / all / both都 + not不 (not at all). Locate it in the original interlinear examples below.
- Keep the words in their demonstrated positions; the pattern must fit the intended situation as well as the sentence form.
I我a bit一点even都not不tired累。
Using the lesson pattern in this demonstrated example: Not tired at all: 我一点 ____ 不累。
一点 + 也 / 都 + 不 = not at all: 一点都不累. · 一点 + 也 / 都 + 不 = 一点也不:一点都不累。
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, 我一点都不累。: 一点都不 makes the negative emphatic: not tired in the slightest.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
Read examples in context
- In the opening example, I / me我a bit一点all / both都不累。: a bit一点all / both都not不 makes the negative emphatic: not tired in the slightest.
- Explain who acts, what is described and which time or group is relevant before choosing an English paraphrase.
What does the 一点…也 / 都… frame do to the negative? · 一点……也 / 都…… 框架对否定起什么作用?
It's an emphatic, total negative. · 这是强调、彻底的否定。
Know the boundary
- 一点也不累 can express the same denial.
- The sentence is still a speaker's claim, which may involve exaggeration rather than measurement.
Know the boundary
- a bit一点also也不累 can express the same denial.
- The sentence is still a speaker's claim, which may involve exaggeration rather than measurement.
一点也不 and 一点都不 mean the same. · 一点也不 和 一点都不 意思相同。
Yes — 也 / 都 both fully negate here. · 对 —— 这里 也 / 都 都表彻底否定。
一点都不累 means a little tired.
一点也不累 can express the same denial. The sentence is still a speaker's claim, which may involve exaggeration rather than measurement. 一点都不 makes the negative emphatic: not tired in the slightest.
Use the distinction
- 一点都不 makes the negative emphatic: not tired in the slightest.
- 一点也不累 can express the same denial. The sentence is still a speaker's claim, which may involve exaggeration rather than measurement.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Basic sentence patterns.
Use the distinction
- a bit一点all / both都not不 makes the negative emphatic: not tired in the slightest.
- a bit一点also也不累 can express the same denial. The sentence is still a speaker's claim, which may involve exaggeration rather than measurement.
Read the full reference: HSK 4 grammar — Basic sentence patterns.